From Founder to Future: John Abrams on Positive Business Succession Through Employee Ownership
A conversation with John Abrams on ownership models.
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Ownership succession and company exits
What happens to ownership when a founder leaves?
A practical sequence on succession, sale, exit to community and the financing required to carry ownership into its next chapter.
Questions to carry through the collection
- Who is the intended successor?
- How is the transition funded?
- Which claims survive the transaction?
Core case
Start with the clearest cases.
Full Spectrum Ownership: Jason Wiener's Guide to Starting, Growing, and Exiting in the Ownership Economy
A conversation with Jason Wiener on business design.
View episodeSteward Ownership, Purpose Trusts, and Exiting to Community with Zoe Schlag, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Common Trust
A conversation with Zoe Schlag on ownership models.
View episodeAlternative view
Change the angle.
Democratizing Ownership and Governance via Exit to Community with Pia Mancini
A conversation with Pia Mancini on ownership models and governance.
View episodeScaling Capital Markets for Shared Ownership: Alison Lingane's Blueprint for Capital Growth
A conversation with Alison Lingane on ownership models and finance.
View episodeComplicating case
Test the argument.
A complicating case helps expose where a simple explanation may fail.
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Build your own path.
Combine capital, rights, transitions, ownership models and applications in the complete archive.